Leta Semadeni

Leta Semadeni, born in Scuol, Engadin in 1944, studied languages at the University of Zurich and worked as a teacher in Zurich and Engadin. She has held residencies in Latin America, Paris, Zug, Berlin and New York. Since 2005, she has lived in Lavin as a freelance writer. Writing poetry in Romansch and German, her collections have won multiple awards, including the 2011 Literature Prize of the Canton Graubünden. Her debut novel, Tamangur, earned the 2016 Swiss Literature Prize and has been translated into several languages. In 2023, she received the Grand Prix for Literature, the most prestigious Swiss literary prize.